Music Box Takes U.S. Rights To Canadas Oscar Entry Monsieur Lazhar

Chicago (Sept. 22, 2011) Music Box Films has acquired all US rights for the French-Canadian film MONSIEUR LAZHAR, Canadas official submission for the 2012 Academy awards for top Language Film. The film won everyone else Award as of this summer time season Locarno Film Festival and was named Best Canadian Feature the other day within the Toronto Worldwide Film Festival. Written and directed by Philippe Falardeau, MONSIEUR LAZHAR notifies the story from the immigrant substitute teacher (carried out by Monhamed Fellag) who brings emotional stability with a junior senior high school class shaken with the suicide from the well-loved teacher. The film might be the most recent output of Microscope, the identical Montreal-based production company that produced the Academy Award-nominee “Incendies.” The sale was talked about by Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, someone in worldwide sales agency Films Distribution and Music Box Films’ controlling director Edward Arentz. “This can be a film that can you suddenly and stealthily taps into deep wellsprings of emotion in manners that don’t feel tricky. Delivering this kind of intelligent and moving filmmaking can be a privilege which we thank Films Distribution for your opportunity to provide MONSIEUR LAZHAR to US audiences,” states Arentz. This really is really the first time we are coping with Music Box. After MONSIEUR LAZHAR opened up in Toronto, we'd several US entrepreneurs competing for that movie. We made a decision to utilize Music Box for impeccable history in addition to their true dedication to language movies, and first of all, for sheer enthusiasm with this particular film. Everyone knows they'll give MONSIEUR LAZHAR the exposure it warrants in the usa market, states Brigaud-Robert. Music Box plans a spring first quarter 2011 release.